Hello everyone, I'm Kathleen
For those who are not familiar with this blog site, welcome!
When people find out I'm a forensic nurse, I often get the same response: Oh, CSI! Well ... no, not exactly.
While I've heard the show certainly has some entertaining moments, in real life, cases aren't solved in an hour. Nor are they solved by only a handful of people managing every single aspect of the case.
Forensics is the application of science to the law and it actually encompasses many fields, many different types of investigations, and a multitude of professionals - from the police and detectives to crime scene technicians; from medical examiners to emergency response personnel and crime lab experts - 
...to forensic nurses, private investigators and Accident Investigators; from criminal profilers to forensic meteorologists, and Medical Board and fraud investigators.
It's an intricate web of professionals whose varied expertise can be paramount to the success of any one case.
No one can stand alone. We bring together a variety of backgrounds and rely on each other to help get the job done. This is what makes this field so fascinating to me. Nothing is static and there is always so much to learn from each other.
It's for that reason that I created this weblog. The goal is to exchange news, commentary, and information related to the application of forensics to many different fields, so as to be both interesting and informative for professionals and the general public alike.
I write my own posts when time allows, using primarily authoratative sources and experts. My posts are located in the Pages section on the left and in the archives.
There are also many excerpts and links to original articles with information on:
- Forensic nursing
- Trauma and accident investigation
- Workplace injury, violence
- Environmental hazards, Emergency Response System
- Domestic Violence, sexual assault, child & elder abuse
- Forensic Psychiatry, behavior disorders, clinical trials
- Crime and the criminal justice system
- Latest court decisions
- Latest medical news
- Medico- legal Death Investigation
- Health Care & Insurance Fraud
All are invited to post their comments or email me. Please be considerate of other readers though. I delete spam and any comments which are rude or vulgar in any way.
This is a non-profit, non-commercial site, intended to provide educational information, news, resources, and links to professionals and the general public alike. All views and opinions posted by this author are the views of the author alone and do not reflect the views of any other colleague or employer, past or present.
This blog was created to provide general educational information, news, and opinions, which are not to be construed as any form of medical or legal advice.
If you need medical or legal advice, please see a physician or an attorney. 
Just click on the Recent Posts links on the right to read & enjoy the posts.
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